Posted on 06/24/2002 3:27:13 AM PDT by 2Trievers
Dutch police had to rescue a dog after it became stuck in tarmac while sunbathing.
The German shepherd lay down in the asphalt not realising workers had only just poured it in a street in the town of Jachthuislaan in the Netherlands.
The dog found he couldn't stand up again.
Neighbours called the police for help after spotting the problem.
It took officers more than an hour to get the dog free using special solvents, reports De Telegraaf newspaper.
A spokesman said: "He was laying on his side, with his hair stuck in the warm asphalt. We needed special solvents to get him loose.
"The worst was keeping him calm. He panicked with all these strangers around him. But finally his owner came to help.
"After the dog was freed we advised his owner to give him a good wash and keep the dog inside until he had calmed down again."
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